“If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or 80 seconds, or 2 minutes or however long or short the take is, you have all those choices committed to celluloid. I find that absolutely thrilling.” IfsLongChoicesWishHalfMillionsMinutesDirectorsSeriesCommittedPrintSecondsThrillingCelluloid Author:Ben Kingsley
“I love storytelling. If you strip all the bits away, what you'll find at the center is a storyteller. As I warm to my career and love it more, I have a sense that storytelling is healing, in many ways. You can reach an audience and heal, and by heal, I mean entertain and provoke. It's a wonderful life.” IfsWayMeanBitsHealingCareersAudienceWonderfulAnd LoveWarmHealLove StoryStorytellingProvokingStorytellerWonderful LifeIt's A Wonderful Life Author:Ben Kingsley
“Shakespeare villains were extraordinary. Macbeth, Iago, Richard III... They're so richly layered that a British actor would find it almost impossible to create a two-dimensional villain, if he's explored in his early years or continues to explore his Shakespearean heritage. You can almost not judge them, if they're played really well.” IfsYearsWellsTwoActorsImpossibleJudgingExtraordinaryBritishHeritageVillain Author:Ben Kingsley
“If it's a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to an actor. No one chooses to be a villain; it's usually a reaction to something else.” IfsWellsPersonsWould BeActorsWrittenReactionsAttractiveVillainLayersGood PersonWell Written Author:Ben Kingsley
“Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go.” IfsMomentsFilmWifeDirectorsLetting GoSittingMy WifeAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Ben Kingsley
“If you are a libertine, if you're not given to long-term faithful relationships, you tend to project your behavior onto everyone else. It's like the person who knows they're not trustworthy; they tend to mistrust everyone else.” IfsKnowsPersonsLongGivenTermBehaviorProjectsFaithfulLong TermTrustworthyMistrustLibertineNot Trustworthy Author:Ben Kingsley
“If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.” IfsDoeFriendshipDatingGirlfriendLife And DeathStolenYour Best FriendYour GirlfriendBe My Girlfriend Author:Ben Kingsley
“As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.” IfsStillsMightWonderAliveSingersFallenThieves Author:Ben Kingsley
“Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't.” IfsKnowsEndsRhythm Author:Ben Kingsley
“I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.” IfsThinkingMightActingStageDanger Author:Ben Kingsley
“If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.” IfsPlayHelpingThreeMonthsPerformancesFishesStaringRanShopsHelp MeChipsThree MonthsFish TanksFish And Chips Author:Ben Kingsley
“We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.” IfsActorsChangeFellowsRhythmGood Actors Author:Ben Kingsley
“When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him.” IfsKnowsMenPlayRolesHe ManCuriousRecognise Author:Ben Kingsley
